So, now it's your turn, come out from behind the camera and share your self portraits.

Let's get this party started...here are our linky rules:

There will be a link up here on the last Friday of every month this
year, and the linky tool will remain open to your submissions until the last Friday of the next month.

Please link back to the permalink for your *This Is ME* blog
post or flickr image, not just the general url for your blog or flickr
stream.

Linked entries must be to a blog post or flickr image of your recent self-portraits, not just any old photo. Your photo does not have to relate to the optional monthly theme, but it does need to be a
self-portrait.

Please do link back here to my blog either through a text link, or
with my button found below to help encourage others to participate and
grow our community.

And most importantly, be the encouragement you hope to receive and
help build our self-portrait community! Please try to visit a few of the
links of your fellow *This Is ME* participants and leave a nice
comment--it only takes a few minutes and you may be inspired by what you
see.

Well, that's it...now get linking everyone! I'll see you back here on
Friday, August 2nd, for our August theme announcement, but in the meantime,
keep showing us your stuff in the flickr pool.

And, if you haven't already make sure you enter this amazing giveaway. There will be two(!) winners. Pfister will supply a free faucet worth up to $300 and a second winner will receive a $250 Visa gift card.

And now for the giveaway!

Pfister generously donated a faucet for this giveaway, and the winner of the faucet will also receive a $250 Visa gift card! To enter for your chance to win, just follow the steps below, and good luck!
Step 1: Follow the bloggers below on Pinterest

Thursday, August 22, 2013

I've joined 24 talented bloggers to show off our kitchens, and not just what makes it pretty but also what makes it work.

Welcome to my kitchen. Come on in, take a look around and when you are done, enter a giveaway to win and amazing giveaway. The best part of this giveaway...there will be 2 winners! You'll have the chance to win either a Pfister Faucet worth up to $300 OR a $250 Visa gift card.

I like to keep things inspirational (be happy just because) and encouraging (EAT!) in my kitchen.

We built a small island in our kitchen, one that houses a wine refrigerator. This island holds my recipes, gives my daughter a place to sit and snack or craft.

Another custom feature we added to our kitchen was a DIY custom knife drawer. My knives now stay safely in place and organized.

I do a lot of cooking in my house, though I rarely share recipes on my blog. I like to use the recipes of other talented bloggers, friends and family. When I cook, I like to grab some fun cooking accessories to make the process more inspiring and fun.

The flower frog is the perfect, unconventional holder for my recipes and the milk bottle Anthropologie measuring cups make me feel as if I am a better cook.

Between cooking meals, I like to have fresh fruit out and accessable.

Since I have a small kitchen, to maximize space, I use command hooks inside of my cabinets to hang oven mitts, towels, aprons and, at one point, bibs hung here as well.

My bib wearer, though, is now a sweet little 5 year old SO my kitchen is also a kid friendly and kid inspired place.

A kid inspired nook of my kitchen is next to my stove.

There you will find my recipe box. Inside my recipe box, not recipes like you might expect but note cards filled with moments I want to remember spending with Grace. In this nook, there is also a hand painted trivet covered with Grace's finger prints.

The kid friendly areas of my kitchen would include the bottom shelf of the refrigerator. I have it filled with easy to grab kid friendly snacks (with the exception of the tomatoes, I can't get her to eat a tomato for the life of me).

Another kid friendly area of my kitchen, a drawing station on the edge of my cabinet.

She can stay close, while I am busy in the kitchen yet still have a space of her own.

And now for the giveaway!

Pfister generously donated a faucet for this giveaway, and the winner of the faucet will also receive a $250 Visa gift card! To enter for your chance to win, just follow the steps below, and good luck!
Step 1: Follow the bloggers below on Pinterest

Often times, Goodwill will buy overstock or returned items from Target. I had, at one point, assumed Target donated their merchandise to Goodwill. This is not the case, Target sells their merchandise at a discount to Goodwill and Goodwill, in turn, will then sell it.

I found a shabby chic pink Threshold candle for .99. The lowest Target price was $2.98.

No trip to Goodwill is complete, for me, without looking through their coats.

I found this vintage trench for $4.99. I loved the label (and it was made in Chicago). I wasn't sure the style was completely me, especially for $4.99. I scoured this coat to see if there were any flaws, wear and or tear. Under the arm, I discovered the seam had come out under one of the arms. *If ever you find a missing button or a tear ask the manager if they will knock something off the price.

I brought the coat to a manager, who looked at the ripped seam and offered to take half off the coat.

For $2.50, I think this coat is definitely my style.

I get a lot of comments about how 'my' Goodwill has great prices. In reality, though, I only show my thrifted purchases AND I only make a thrifted purchase if it's a great price.

Last month, I stumbled across a Kids Kraft pink play kitchen in BEAUTIFUL shape for $7. This month, I stumbled across this Barbie house for $49.99. *I did not buy this Barbie house. I found it interesting, in comparison to the kitchen set I found, this was priced over $40 more.

I also came across this metal Rainbow Brite stove, which I also did NOT buy. It was fun to look at. The cost was $35.99.

Now it's your turn. What thrifted finds have you splurged on this past month? Or what thrifted finds did you pass up?

Monday, August 19, 2013

Before I share my DIY Perfume Flower Vase, I have a confession to make.

I don't wear perfume. To be really honest, I don't even like perfume. I haven't since I was pregnant with Grace. I don't even like for my husband to wear cologne. And, yet, I can still admire the labels of a beautifully designed perfume bottle.

Though I may not like the smell of perfume, I do like the smell of flowers. And, recently, I've been very lucky to have been on the receiving end of flowers. The flowers have made pretty props to go along with our recent art projects and...

now has provided some inspiration to create yet another glass vase update.

To make one of your own, grab a square vase and create a perfume label in Word.

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Adjusting to life since being laid off. When days used to consist of business deals and wearing heels. Now that I am a stay at home mom, in addition to taking care of my adorable little girl, I am learning more about cooking, crafting and creating while realizing that even though I am a stay at home mom, I can still wear my heels!

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